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British Science Week is an annual event run by the British Science Association celebrating science, technology, engineering and maths. The event, which is taking place between the 7 and 16 March 2025, will have the theme ‘change and adapt’, which lends itself perfectly to amateur radio in the 21st century. As part of its commitment to […]

Durham and District Amateur Radio Rally will take place on Sunday 26 May at Bowburn Community Centre, Bowburn, County Durham, DH6 5AT. The doors are open from 10.30am to 2.30pm with disabled visitors gaining access at 10am. The entrance fee will be £2. There will be a bring-and-buy sale, trade stands, special interest groups and […]

Hull and District Amateur Radio Society is running special event station GBH0UL from the 31 May to the 2 June. The station is active to mark 100 years of amateur radio in Hull and to celebrate the 95th birthday of Honorary Club member Bernard Atkinson, G0SWO. Listen out for operators on the HF and VHF […]

Martin, MW0BRO is active as ZC4GW from Dhekelia in Cyprus until tomorrow, the 27 May. He is operating CW only on the 40 to 6m bands. QSL via MW0BRO. QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log and Logbook of the World. Rolf, DO4RKR is active as 8Q7KR from the Maldives, AS-013, until the 31 May. He […]

The CQ World Wide WPX CW Contest started at 0000UTC on Saturday the 25 May and ends at 2359UTC today, Sunday 26 May. Using CW on the 160 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Today, the 26 May, the UK Microwave Group High Band Contest runs […]

After the extremely unsettled HF conditions on the 10 and 11 May, it was gratifying to see things returning to normal last week. The Kp index has returned to being in the range of 1 to 4 and, with a solar flux index still in the 190s, we have seen some good propagation around the […]

Members of the RSGB Team, including RSGB General Manager, Steve Thomas M1ACB and the RSGB President, John McCullagh, GI4BWM had a successful time at the Dayton Hamvention last weekend. The event was a brilliant opportunity to engage with radio amateurs from around the world and resulted in 132 people joining or rejoining the RSGB. There […]

The Exams and Syllabus Review Group (ESRG) is looking for new members to move the group forward. Its current task is to approve a new Direct to Full syllabus and to write and approve new questions for the new exams in September due to licence changes. The group meets online every Tuesday between 15:00 and […]